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SarahScott Dietz
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Hospice doc. USAF vet. Entrepreneur at Filament Medical Coaching. Growing all kinds of things (plants, critters, connections, kids, relationships, random piles, crafts, games, plans, dreams). Neurodivergent. (she/her)
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I'm also reminded of the "whistleblower" report about abuses at a Missouri gender clinic, the author of which is now just a full-time anti-transgender lobbyist, that fell apart the moment any reporter tried to verify it
perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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NIH cuts kill people - including children.

"The Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, an association of 16 academic centers and children’s hospitals dedicated to trials of novel treatments for pediatric brain cancer, directed its members last week to stop enrolling...

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hey do yall remember that movie where something happens to the president so they get a lookalike to take his place? Haven’t thought about it in years. Can’t imagine why it just suddenly popped into my head this morning.
August 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Accurate. ❤️
The SCA has always been (and likely always will be) a great big mess, but I have met some of the best people in it.
August 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I just don't understand this. George W Bush, Barack Obama, and Bono just recorded videos commending the staff of USAID for their work and lamenting the agency's destruction...

And those videos were not released to the public.
Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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RFK Jr now going after ALL vaccines.

He argues that the Covid vaccine (which he’s restricted) was the only one that had proper safety testing.

He says they “dysregulate the immune system”.

Get your boosters. He’s setting the stage for “natural immunity” where only “the strong survive”

Eugenics.
June 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hey look, Five Below has a palliative section. 😁
#hapc
May 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Please do keep this in mind when Republicans say they have no choice but to cut Medicaid
oh my god, there's another $45 billion for detention facilities. "family residential centers"
they are funding a deportation squad

in total, it's ~$9 billion more for salaries over 5 years plus $14.4 billion to deport people, plus $5 billion for other activities - for a total of $28 billion more for ICE over 5 years

ICE is a $10.5 billion agency, so they're doing a 50% increase in funding
April 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There’s Death Cafe, and my sister shared a flyer for “Death and Drafts.” I feel like we’ve missed a partnering opportunity:

“Death and Taxes”

On one side of the room, professionals explaining a mysterious and scary inevitability. On the other side, the hospice and end-of-life chat. #hapc
April 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Iibsoftiktok shared an email from a teacher at the high school attended by one of my progeny.

Background: environmental science teacher has an assignment deemed by a parent to be anti Trump. They contact L.o.T. who emails the teacher. A fellow teacher wrote back and brought the 🔥🔥🔥.
February 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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They are also available on the @voices4vaccines.bsky.social website and will remain available with other credible vaccine information vetted by a scientific advisory board, not RFK:

www.voicesforvaccines.org/fact-sheets/
Fact Sheets
Find all the tools you need to support community immunity and combat vaccine hesitancy in the Voices for Vaccines toolkits.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.

Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.

Making this my pinned post.
February 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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As a former Chief Wellness Officer, this is spot on. The work must go far deeper to change the culture of medicine which currently places “the work” above the humanity of those giving the much needed clinical care.
The burnout epidemic CANNOT be resolved with self care. It is job related. Hospital executives must improve working conditions : reduce template size, number of clicks in EHR, increase time with patients, appoint leaders who like and value clinical care.
February 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Erasure.
At the National Institute of Health, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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TeleHealth works!

A personal plug for great patient care everywhere: Please tell your federal representatives to keep it going. The laws keeping it accessible expire at the end of March.

#hapc25
February 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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If all patients meet #PalliativeCare early in serious illness, in my experience probably...

1/3 who won't/don't find it helpful

1/3 who are uncertain early, but see/get the benefit later

1/3 who get benefit from the start

So let PC meet everyone and let patients vote with their feet.

#Hapc25
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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I'm going to be honest with you, anonymous conference attendee.

You are not loud enough to ask your question without a microphone. Go line up at the mic and make sure people can hear the question. People have hearing loss. Rooms have speakers for a reason. (also don't tell a story)
February 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My sketch(y)(ish) notes from Thursday’s session, “How Many Gummies Again?” Very well done and informative session — is it too much of a stretch to say jam-packed with learning points? #hapc25 #hapc2025 #hapc #goodnotes
February 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Hospitality and curiosity strike me as very underrated palliative care superpowers! #hapc25
February 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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“Uncertainty lands as stress and danger in our bodies…what you are called to do is live your way into the question: what is my calling in this moment? See what this question begs you to see and to turn away from.”
- Krista Tippett
February 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
An entire ballroom packed with #hapc professionals taking two deep, slow breaths together and the energy in the room palpably shifts. Powerful.
“A LOT of Stuff has been happening to us.” Indeed. Thank you, Lucas Johnson.
#hapc2025
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Lucas Johnson from On Being reflecting on the work of #hapc clinicians- and the importance of this community for us. He imagines that it can be isolating and lonely (it can be) and how thrilled we are to see each other (profoundly). I feel seen. #hapc2025 @aahpm.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“A distressed nervous system as a species level.”
Listening to Krista Tippett in opening session of #hapc, so much of this resonates.
February 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Jan 29 1925: dog teams set out from Nenana, Alaska to bring diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, where the disease was spreading. 20 teams & mushers carried the serum over 674 miles in under 130 hours.

Jan 29 2025: calling my senator to vote against a guy, so kids can get the diphtheria vaccine next year
January 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM